H.R. 725: Innocent Party Protection Act

H.R. 725 establishes a uniform standard for determining whether a defendant has been fraudulently joined to a lawsuit in order to defeat federal diversity jurisdiction. In addition, the legislation also makes clear that Federal courts may consider evidence outside the pleadings when deciding a motion to remand a case that been removed to Federal Court, as well as whether the ...
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Overview

Introduced:

Jan 30, 2017

Status:

Passed House (Senate next)
on Mar 9, 2017

This bill passed in the House on March 9, 2017 and goes to the Senate next for consideration.

A committee has voted to issue a report to the full chamber recommending that the bill be considered further. Only about 1 in 4 bills are reported out of committee. The House Committee on the Judiciary issued the report which may provide insight into the purpose of the legislation.

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Prognosis Details

This bill has a 18% chance of being enacted.

Factors considered:

The overall text of the bill increases its chances of being enacted. Although this bill has a low chance of enactment, there is 1 provision within this bill that the provision-level textual analysis considers likely to be enacted. There are often multiple bills with the same legal provisions within them. The bill's primary sponsor is from the state/territory: CO. The bill is assigned to the Senate Judiciary committee. There are 0 related bills in Congress. The bill's primary subject is Law.